Azerbaijan’s SC Gabala challenger Bakhtiyar Abbasov won the bronze medal of the European SAMBO Championships Gijon, Spain. The Gabala hero, 82 kg, beat Luis Alterats (Spain) in his first leg before defeating Dillon Manning (Spain) to progress into the semifinal. Then he lost to Vladislav Rudniyev (Ukraine) before beating Armenian Davit Petrosyan to gain the bronze medal.